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2020-12-16

2020-12-16

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MacKenzie Scott

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MacKenzie Scott is an American novelist, philanthropist, and early contributor to Amazon. She was married to Jeff Bezos, the co-founder of Amazon, from 1993 to 2019. As of December 2025, she has a net worth of US$40.0 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, owning a 1.3 per cent stake in Amazon. As such, Sc…

Mirza Masroor Ahmad
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Mirza Masroor Ahmad
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Mirza Masroor Ahmad is the current and fifth leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. His official title within the mov…

Bible
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Bible
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The Bible is a collection of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and esteemed in other Abraham…

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On This Day

10 events
2014
Lindt_Cafe_siege
A hostage crisis in a Lindt chocolate café in Sydney, Australia, ended with police storming the building, killing the perpetrator and one of the hostages.
2012
2012_Delhi_gang_rape_and_murder
A woman was gang-raped and fatally assaulted on a bus in Delhi, generating protests across India against inadequate security for women.
1997
United_Kingdom_BSE_outbreak
Amid an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the British government banned the sale of beef on the bone for human consumption.
1997
Dennō_Senshi_Porygon
"Dennō Senshi Porygon", an episode of the Japanese television series Pokémon, induced epileptic seizures in 685 children.
1971
Pakistan
The surrender of Pakistani forces in Dacca, East Pakistan, concluded the Bangladesh Liberation War and the India-Pakistan War.
1938
Adolf_Hitler
Adolf Hitler instituted the Cross of Honour of the German Mother, an order of merit for German mothers with at least four children.
1930
Herman_Lamm
German-American gangster Herman Lamm killed himself during a botched robbery attempt in Clinton, Indiana, to avoid being captured by police.
1922
Gabriel_Narutowicz
Gabriel Narutowicz (pictured), the first president of Poland, was assassinated only five days after having taken office.
1918
Vincas_Mickevičius-Kapsukas
Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declared the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, a puppet state created by Soviet Russia to justify the Lithuanian–Soviet War.
1914
World_War_I
First World War: The Imperial German Navy attacked ports in northern England, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties.

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